Chute.



J. E. BRAZEAL;

OHUTE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2, 1909.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910 Z SHEETS--SEBET l,

J. E. 'BRAZBAL.

OEUTE.

APPLICATION FILED 10v 2, 190a.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2-,

6 irbvyeooeo ZAQLJZ.

JOSEPH E. BBAZEAL, or BIRMINGHAM,

me can CHUTE co.,

ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR TO THE QUICK UNLOAD- OF BIRMINGHAM,

ALABAMA.

CHUTE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Applicdtlon filed November 2, 1909. Serial No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. BRAZEAL, citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of. Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGhutes, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to chutes and refers particularly to an improved chute for conveying bulk goods from railway cars and the lire.

An object of this invention to provide a chute of this character with means whereby thesame may bc adjust-ably secured against-the side of a railway car, and which is adapted to receive material from the cal and to unload the material in bulk from the chute; into dumping wagons or the like which are disposed beneath the outer end of the chute.

' The invention has for provision of a I tilled while the load from the another object. the chute which is adapted to be convcyam'e for carrying the car is making a trip and 5 which is adapted to deposit the bulk mate rial from the chute into the conveyance upon the return of the same to the oat-"with the expenditure of but a few moments for the operation, thereby saving the time ordinarily consumed in loading the conveyance by shovel directly from the car.

The invention further provides a device of this character which may be positioned upon the car and which extends upwardly rom' the same in order to allow the workmen in the car to see the, chute and to direct the material shoveled intothe chute without the necessity of walking to the car'and locating the object into which the material is to" be thrown. This featured the device, it is believed, considerably de-- creases the time necessary for unloading a car in designating the location of the chute toythe workmen du'ri the unloading. In

side of the connection with this 0 j'ect it will be noted that the workmen within the car are kept" busy during the. entire unloading of the.

same, as they do'not have to wait for the return of'the wagon but may re-fill the chute during the absence of thewagon or conveyance employed.

The invention has forv a still further objectthe provisionof a chute possessingthe above enumera-tedadvantages and which at the same time is of. simple construction and ticularly noted is preferably formed of sheet steel and angle iron whereby it is enabled to withstand hard usage and the weights of the bulk goods which are thrown into the same.

From the construction of the chute, which will be hereinafter set forth, itwill be parthat it may be secured against the side of cars of various types, whether the car 1s of the gondola type, 0X cars, or cars having rain doors.

e device may a so be the wall of a bin or other retaining device wherein large quantities of material are kept, and from which it is desired to convey quantities of the same. 1

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing desecured against scription and accompanying drawings, in.

which Figure I is a perspective View of the complcte'i-hute as applied to the sideof a rail-' way cal of the gondola type. and showing a fragmentary view of a wagon beneath the chute. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through one end of thechuto, showing in dotted lines the gate in an open position. Fig. 3 is a sect on on the line 33 of Flg. 2.; and, Fig.

4 discloses a. side elevation of the chute as applied to a box car.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10 designates the bottom of the chute which is formed of inforced by means of a plurality of angle irons 11 arranged longitudinally and] in spaced relation against the' under side 'of'the bottom 10. The bottom 10ri's rovided with integrally formed sides 12 a-nd 13, the same comprising the 'up-turning of the lateral portion of the bottom 10 and supporting the same in such position by means offa 'rcinforcing member 14 in t riveted 0f-0tl18TWlS secured against the'ou't'e r face of the sheet of metal forming the bottom 10 and sides 12' and 13 adjacent the inner edges of the same.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

a sheet of steel and-which is re shape of a bar of angle-iron which-is longltudlrlally into. U-forn iation and The upper ed 'e of the sides 12 and 13 are beveled inwar lyto provide 12 and 13 and extends slightly beyond the outer faces of the same.

the deeper portion of the chute at the outer end thereof,- and are reinforced by strips of angle iron- 1 05 15 secured upon the up er edges of the sides and serves to support the rest 27 a it) is provided with a pair of channel bars it) which are arranged in parallel relation atljncent the opposite edges of the bottom 10 and against the under face of the same, the flanges of the channel bars 16 being extended downwardly and being apertured in registered relation to receive bolts 1.7 which carry eyes 18 and hooks 19. The hooks 1.9 are formed from rounded bars of iron or the like which are over-turned at their inner ends to forn'rthe eyes 18 and n'l'iich are bent downwardly to acute angles to form engaging portions 20. It will be noted, from Fig. 2 of the drawings esperially, that the hooks 19 are supported adjacent the rear ends of the channel bars 16 and. provided .with phiralities of apertures 21 through which the bolts 17 are engaged to retract; the bolts 19 and to extend the same to meet. therequirements.

The outer ends of the channel. bars 16 are further provided with registered apertures 22 for the reception of a bolt 23 which liii igedly receives the upper end of a brace 2'1. The brace 24 is formed of angle iron and is extended at its opposite ends. from one of the flanges thereof, and is overturned at such extensions to form .eyes 25 to receive the lmlt 23. at one end and a pin 26 at its opposite end. The pin 26 is supported upon in.

rest 27 which is in the formation of a section of channel bar and carries the pin 26 across its'flanges at the lower end of the same. The upper, end of the rest 27 is provided with a second pin 28 about which is adjustably engaged a retaining chain 29. The chain 29 15 provided with a hook link 30 which enga es one of the links of the chain 29 when t e chain is over-turned upon itselfto form a loop for the rece tion of the pin 28 to thus enable the desire adjustment of the chain. of the chain 29 is engaged about the bolt-1,7 ,d'jiistnhly from the inner end of the chute, I

The forward ends of the sides 12- nd 13 are reinforced by standards 312111171 -32, the same comprising angle irons-which are an gaged against the outer faces of the sides 12 and l3'and 'having the flanges thereof exended outwardly for the reception of an n d gate 33. The standards 31 and 32 are each projected upwardly to form supports 38 for the reception of the-opposite extremities of a rod34 which is transversely ositioned across the outer end of the chute. A plurality of straps 35 are hingedly disposed upon the rod in spaced relation and retained thereon by the overturning of the straps 35 to form eyes, 36. The gate 33, which is formed of a sheet of 'steeLis secured against the inner faces of the straps 35 and is vented from lateral movement through the medium of sleeves 37 which are engaged-between thesupportsv-38 and the outer eyes The upper extremity 36. The straps 35' are extended downwardly below the edge of the gate 33 a short dis tance to form li s 39 against which crank portions 40 of a ocking bar 41 are engaged andemployed for the purpose of locking the gate 33 inc closed position. The bottom 10 is provided across its forward edge and upon the under side thereof with a transverse bar 42, the same being formed of angle iron and having the flange thereof de endcut for the rece'tion of a plurality 0 eyebolts 43 which oosel receive the locking bar 41 and retain t e same transversely across the lower end of the gate 33. The opposite ends of the locking bar 41 are turned ufi right-an rles into a plane approximating t e p arms 45, and are disposed against the outer faces of the sides 12 and 13 for cooperation with latches 44 to secure the gate 33 in a closed position. formed of a length of metal which is pivotally mounted at one end upon the outturned fiangeof the adjacent standard 31 or 32 and is adapted to be swung outwardly into the nth of the adjacent arm 45 to retain the cranli portions 40 upwardly against the lips 39 of the ate 33. The body of the chute is provided at its opposite'sides with handles 46, the same comprisingrounded bars bent ane'o the crank portions 40 to form The latches 44: are each into U-formation and engaged at their ends in the outer flanges of t e channel bars 16 adjacent-the forward ends of the same. In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings the improved chute is disclosed as applied.- to a car of thegondola typewherein the enga 'ng portions 20 of the hooks 19 are dispose over the u per edge of the side 47- of the car and t e resjs 27 are loosely positioned against the outer face'of the side 4-.7jand adjusted vertically thereagainst through the medium of the retaining chain 29.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings the im roved chute is disclosed as being supports upon the side of a box car-48 where n the books 19 are engaged over atrans'verse bar 49 temorarily positioned across'the door of the ox car 48 and the rests-27 are engaged I against the lower braces or the side of the floor 50 of thecata' j In the employment of the device, referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the body ofthe chute is raised to on age the hooks 19 over "the upper edge of t 0 side 4710f the car.

The rests 27 are now engaged against-the outer face of the side 47 and the retaining chains 29 for adjustment through the me-: dium of the book link 30 to raise or lowerthe outer end of the chute tozaecommodate the height of the wagon 51 which receives" the material from the chnte. The gate. 33-

is now pressedinwardly b the hand to swing the same into a close position-when the locking bar 4:1v is rotated toengage'the crank portions 40thereof against the lips the workmen to filling 39 and to swing the arms 45 bnckwardly of the latches 44. The latches 44 are now raised or extended into an outward position against the outer edge of the arms45 and are retained in such t'ional contact betw latches 44. The workmen in the car now shovel the contents thereof into the inner or open end of the chute, filling the same. The wa on 51 is now drawn beneath the outer en the latches 44 from the the material within the chute to fall into the wagon 51. When the arms 45 are swung downwardly the crank portions are carried therewith and the weight of the mate'- rial against't-he inner-side of the gate 33 forces the same into an open position, substantially as is disclosed ln-dotted lines in Fi 2, the material sliding toward the open en of the chute and falli e chute have been deposited in the wagon 51 the driver simply swings the ate 33 into a closed po sition and rotated, locking bar 41 to secure the gate 33' such position and retains the bar- 41 by the adjacent latch 44.

It is thus seen from this form'ofchute that-when the wagon 51 has received its load from the: chute it is permit-ted -t.o convey the load wherever it'is desired-while in the carca'n co'ntiriue their g the empty ehuteipreparatory the wagon 51 upon its rot-1mm If'desnred a number of chutes may be employedand thus the work ofnnloading may becontinuously carried on with the work. in fil-lin thus described the invention, what is claime as new 151* 1. A chute including an inclined body I position by the fric- I een the arms 'and the v of the chute when the driver releases arms 45 permitting ng into the wagon 51. VVhenthe contents of th 1 l, portion, spaced channel bars carried be neath said body portion, hooks adjustably mounted in the upper ends of s'aid'channel bars for engagement with a wall to support the bod pendent braces hinged in the outer ends 1) said channel bars, rests secured'to the lower ends of said braces to ;-engage against the wall to support said body portion, and connecting chains de ending. from the inner ends of said hooks or. adjustable engagement with said reststo support the same.

carried upon the inner end of t e ior Supporting the same against a wallfhmgd bracesde ending from the outer-end of said body, U- iape rests hinged u on the lower ends of said braces, posed throu h the upper ends of said rests," and de endln chains carriedby said hooks and a justab y looped-about said pins for holding the rests a ainst the wall.

3. -A chute inclu mg a body, spaced channel bars positioned against the underside of the; body, hinge-bolts adjust'ablv disposed through the opposite ends of said bars, out- *wardly extending hooks hinged upon the bolts at the inner ends of the body and be-' tween the flanges of said bars, de d' braces hinged uponsnid bolts at); end. of thesaid bod sand adjust porting-means carried by the inj 'e the boltsfor retaining saidgbraoe justed' position beneath tlie-;l )ody,'=.;

JAMES R. VAIQ, DANIEL H. SMITH.

2,. A chute including a body, 5" a'ced hooks transverse pins dis- 

